Volunteer Respite Manual: Creating Valuable Options for Family Caregivers

Drawing on the experience in volunteer services among ARCH network members, ARCH’s recognized Innovative and Exemplary respite services, and Lifespan Respite grantees and their partners, this step-by-step manual will help national, state and community-based programs and faith-based initiatives assess needs, plan, and implement volunteer respite programs with special guidance on providing volunteer services during a pandemic. It will also assist Lifespan Respite grantees and partners in building respite capacity through volunteer training and recruitment. Topics include: program planning and operations; volunteer recruitment, training and management; performance measurement; policies and procedures; liability and insurance; and marketing. You can download the manual...
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As you explore the ARCH Volunteer Respite Manual, you may find that you need additional resources and information to help you plan or implement your community volunteer respite program. We have gathered samples of job descriptions, volunteer application forms, orientation checklists, volunteer interview questions, background check forms, reference forms, policies and procedures, training resources and more. This list of resources will continue to be updated and new resources added as they become available.

Volunteer and Respite Handbooks

Volunteer and Faith-based Respite Models

To find examples of volunteer and faith-based respite services, visit ARCH's Innovative and Exemplary Respite Services, and the ARCH Volunteer and Faith-based Respite Learning Collaborative.

See also ARCH's Respite and the Faith Community and Volunteer Respite: Roadmap to Resources.

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Arkansas Volunteer Respite Training Guide and Registration Form

From Arkansas Lifespan Respite Coalition

Volunteer and Intern Training Agenda

Example from Gio’s Garden

Volunteer Program Sample Policy on Harassment

National Criminal Background Check for Employees or Volunteers Providing Care to Children, the Elderly and Disabled

Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey – ARCP Home Visit Evaluation Form

Example from the Alzheimer’s Respite Care Program.

Site Orientation Manual: Example from Gio’s Garden

Gio’s Garden was created, by a group of parents, to address the gap between the respite needs of a family with a young child with special needs, and the respite services…

Volunteer Respite: Roadmap to Resources

Volunteer Respite: Roadmap to Resources Prepared by the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center Explore information and resources for recruiting, screening, training, and retaining volunteers to provide respite services…

Application for Respite: Example from Gio’s Garden

Example respite application.

Sample Volunteer Evaluation of Assignment

Source: From NC Handbook of Volunteer Management, 1991. As printed in North Carolina Respite Care Coalition, Lifespan Respite: An Information Guide for Developing, Recruiting, Training and Retaining Volunteers, 2011